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A White Porcelain Box for Incense
Lot 187

A White Porcelain Box for Incense

JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)

Closed11 September 2012

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A White Porcelain Box for Incense
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
Of square shape fitted with a shallow, very slightly sunken cover and decorated with a blue-tinged clear glaze
3 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8in. (9.3 x 9.3 x 9.3cm.)

Specialist note

For other boxes, see Choson shidae moonbang jaegu The Elegant Beauty of Choson Scholars' Studies (Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1992), pl. 531; Masterpieces from Horim Museum I (Seoul: Horim Museum, 1999), pl. 147; Rhee Byung-chang, Richo toji Yi Ceramics in Kankoku bijutsu shusen Masterpieces of Korean Art (Tokyo: privately published, 1978), no. 169.